Xu Ying jumped up, got dressed, and headed toward the old barn, not forgetting to bring her action cara.
Last week, a sports cara brand sent her a new product to review, promising ultra-clear nightti shooting as its selling point.
[Wait a minute, there are people watching around the house!]
[That person keeps looking this way, squatting in the bushes opposite the old house and not leaving.]
A Stead Bun Frog hopped in from outside.
[That person is definitely here to surveil Station Chief Xu. Maybe they’re in cahoots with whoever sneaked to the barn.]
[What should we do then? If Station Chief Xu goes out now, that person will definitely call their accomplice.]
"I don’t have to go out, but a small animal needs to carry this action cara to the old barn and record that sneaky person’s movents."
Xu Ying looked at Stead Bun Frog’s palm-sized body. Although the action cara was already mini-sized, weighing less than 30 grams,
the Stead Bun Frog weighs even less, only 15 grams, equivalent to two one-yuan coins, making it impossible to carry the cara.
And if they were to carry it together, their short, weak hind legs wouldn’t be fast enough.
By the ti the Frog Team arrives, the perpetrators might have already finished.
Currently, they could deliver ssages to Xu Ying in ti thanks to the frogs scattered across the village transmitting information through croaks.
"Now, we need small animals to help carry this action cara and record that person doing bad things. It’s just that you’re weak and slow..."
As Xu Ying was speaking, a furry ball rubbed against her foot. It turned out the desert cottontail rabbit, resting in its den, had co to her side at so point: [Go, find rabbits to help.]
[There’s a rabbit warren in the backyard of the old house.]
The Stead Bun Frogs whispered to Xu Ying about the sick rabbit, [What’s it saying?]
Xu Ying quickly translated for them: [It says you can ask the rabbits for help. Can you go to the rabbit warren behind the old house to request reinforcent?]
The Stead Bun Frogs croaked in unison: [Sure, we have relatives living just behind the old house, it’s just a call away.]
Xu Ying held a Stead Bun Frog and went to the window near the backyard of the old house, where it croaked a few tis.
A response ca imdiately.
Soon, two adult desert cottontail rabbits sprinted into the old house.
[Were you looking for us?]
They were sleeping in the warren, and the sudden intrusion by the two Stead Bun Frogs was like an alarm clock, waking them up and pointing towards the old house all the ti.
The rabbits, quick to react, ca towards the old house despite being a bit annoyed.
This was because there was quite a commotion in the old house tonight, with a strange human moving about inside.
The two rabbits were shocked to see their sick companion by Xu Ying’s feet, [Another sick bunny, feels like it will be our turn soon.]
"No, it won’t! I’m trying my best!"
Xu Ying explained her plan to the two rabbits, who quickly agreed to carry the action cara to help Xu Ying see what the bad person was doing.
This human was treating their sick companion so ticulously; she must be a good person!
One rabbit had the action cara secured around its neck, while the other provided guard, quickly darting out of the door.
The old barn is about three hundred ters away from the old house, and the desert cottontail rabbit can reach a burst speed of twelve ters per second, comparable to a hound, sustaining it for fifteen seconds, allowing them to reach the old barn in a minute with intermittent stopping.
Xu Ying anxiously waited inside the old house, while also having the Stead Bun Frogs keep an eye on the person surveilling the house.
She realized she couldn’t just sit idly by; the person surveilling might communicate with their accomplice via phone, and with this thought, Xu Ying’s eyes suddenly lit up.
The military had sent her a piece of equipnt last ti, a bug no bigger than an earring.
This was a weight the Stead Bun Frogs could handle.
"Frog Team, quickly do a favor, who of you jumps the fastest?"
Xu Ying took out a black micro-bug from her toolbox and connected it to her phone: "As long as the bug is attached to your back, I’ll be able to hear what the person surveilling is saying."
The Stead Bun Frogs quickly selected their largest companion, the Big Stead Bun Frog.
It obediently lay on Xu Ying’s knee, its cheeks puffed, allowing Xu Ying to affix the bug.
"All set!" As soon as Xu Ying finished speaking, the Big Stead Bun Frog leapt off the windowsill like a soldier, full of vigor.
The Stead Bun Frogs, having learned that the similarly sized object to their food was a "bug" capable of overhearing distant human conversations, widened their eyes in astonishnt.
[Wow, human gadgets sure are amazing!]
[Why are our little heads not as smart as humans?]
"You are smart too; many human inventions are inspired by you small animals."
Pushed by fear of the old house, Liu Kai had pitched a tent in a communal yard instead.
Talking with the Stead Bun Frogs, Xu Ying felt less afraid of being alone in the spooky old house: "We humans even mimic the shadow of frogs, hosting frog swimming competitions..."
[But we Stead Bun Frogs can’t swim!]
The comnt left Xu Ying montarily at a loss, so she thought for a mont and cooed, "But you can eat termites, which are a great pest to humans. You are the saviors of humanity!"
Being called "saviors of humanity" left the Stead Bun Frogs flattered, and they beca even more diligent in relaying ssages.
The croaks surrounding the old house echoed continually.
But with many frogs in the village, this didn’t arouse the surveiller’s suspicion.
The Stead Bun Frogs sat in a row like little figures on the windowsill, listening to intelligence delivered by their companions.
[Station Chief, the Big Stead Bun has successfully nestled beside the surveiller!]
[Station Chief, the person doing the surveillance is making a phone call!]
[Everyone, stay quiet, don’t disturb the Station Chief from listening!]
The clamorous Frog Team gradually quieted down.
The one watching Xu Ying near the old house turned out to be Zhang Lei, a crony of Miao Zhong, the village chief’s nephew.
Zhang Lei got nervous when the frogs suddenly stopped croaking as soon as he answered the call, quickly glancing around, relaxing only after seeing no one.
The voice on the other end ca from the village chief: "Zhang Lei, why aren’t you speaking?"
"It’s just scary sitting here alone in the middle of the night."
"How do you expect to make money with that cowardice of yours?"
"Miao Zhong got bit by a rabbit while drugging the old barn, and even kicked by a cow hoof! Hurry and motorbike him to the village doctor!"
"If you bump into anyone, say Miao Zhong was moving fertilizer for the villagers overnight, and got bitten by sothing on the road, got it?"
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